Keen Market Demand For Prime Poultry

Chronicle (Levin), 1 June 1949, Page 3

Keen Market Demand For Prime Poultry

Messrs Townsend and Paul, Ltd., fruit and produce merchants, Wellington, report that in their lasl sale the keenest enquiry was showri for green peas, glasshouse beans. Brussel sprouts and spinach. Cabbage and cauliflower, on the.othei hand, were slow selling. During the1 past week tomatoes hav^ been in heavy supply and values have not been at ail attractive. However, a. choice line of round ripes realised up to 17s per half case. A small consignment of kumeras brought 25s per cwt. Yardings 'of poultry have not been heavy and for prime birds there is a particUlarly keen demand. Quotations are as follows: — Fruit: Tree tomatoes, red, 7s to 11s 6d; yellow, 7s to 9s; Chinese gooseberries, 19s to 25s; rhandarines, 34s; tomatoes, round, 12s 6d to 17s 6d; rough, 8s to 12s; persimmons, 7s to 9s; Meyer lemons, 6s to 10s; passion fruit, ls 3d to ls 9d per dozen; grapefruit, 18s to 22s; sweet oranges, 20s to 27s 6d per bushel case.

Vegetables: Kumeras, 25s to 30s cwt. ; Ohakune carrots, 4s to 6s sugar bag; glasshouse ■ beans, 2s ld; stringless, ls to ls 3d; peas, Nelson, ls to ls 3d; local, 5d to 8d; sprouts, ls to ls 2d per lb.; beetroot, 3s to 6s; leeks, 4s to 8s; marrow, 3s to 5s; parsnips, 5s to 8s; silverbeet, 2s to 6s; white turnips, 5s to 6s; rhubarb, 4s to 11s cases; cabbage, 4s to 6s 6d; cauliflowers, Ohakune, Cs to 13s; local, 8s to 10s; pumpkins, 7s to 9s; swedes, 6s to 8s per sack; spinach, 20s to 26s; lettuce, Hawke's Bay, 15s to 22s; others, 5s to 12s per case; kumeras, 20s to 25s; onions, 12s to- 15s. Flowers:, Violets, 4s 6d to 7s per dozen; poppies, tangerine, ls 6d to 3s; art, 2s 6d to 6s; carnations, 20s to 35s gross; chrysanthemums, good demand for good quality. Poultry: White Leghorn hens, 4s 6d to 5s 3d; medium, 3s 6d to 4s; Black Orpington hens, 5s 6d to 10s; rooster, 4s to 6s; white ducks, 7s to 14s; coloured, 4s 6d to 10s; geese, 4s 6d to 7s all each; cockerels, ls 9d to ls lOd; turkeys, 2s 2d to 2s 3d per lb live weight.